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44th Field battery - CFA

44th battery cfa

Background Information :  Organized in January 1916 under the command of Major C.E. Gregory. Authorization published in General Order 69 of 15 July 1916. Mobilized at Winnipeg. Recruited in Prince Albert and Winnipeg. Left Saint John 2 March 1916 aboard MISSANABIE. Arrived in England 13 March 1916. Arrived in France 14 July 1916. 11th Brigade, 3rd Canadian Divisional Artillery. Ceased to exist 24 March 1917: personnel absorbed by batteries of 8th and 9th Brigades. Perpetuated by 44th Field Battery, Prince Albert. Disbanded by General Order 191 of 1 November 1920.

Last edited: 21/10/2018